Organization and Data
International

The World Bank funds development including a
number of projects including projects that provide water to developing
countries. The World
Bank's Statistics Database
contains global and country level data on supply and sanitation,
irrigation and drainage, hydro power, and resource management.

The World
Health Organization
(WHO) division of Water Sanitation and Health (WSH) has a Data and Statistics Division
that compiles general data on health and sanitation on a global and country
level, including water-specific and water-related data.
WHO also hosts a page
which provides links to information and data on some more water
specific issues such as national water legislation and the WHO's Global
Water and Sanitation and Assessment Report.

The United Nations provides links to all of the organizations under the UN that
address water issues, including UNEP, which conducts a freshwater environmental data report. This is a good starting point for looking at
country level data. Of
particular note is Aguastat
a database hosted by the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO)
of the United Nations. Among the information presented is country level
data on institutions, infrastructure, water use, and climate.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is an
international think tank whose purpose it is to promote protection of
the environment and the worlds resources.They host a database
that gathers data, statistics and maps on water, other resources, and demographic statistics.
The data is country level with some aggregation by development (e.g.
LDC) and continent/region.

The World's Water is a biannual
publication by Peter Glieck that addresses current issues in the global
management of water and gathers a variety
of statistics regarding the worlds water supply. The data web page links to
a number of tables constructed for the publication. Most of the data is
at the global and country level.

Beverage Marketing Corp. is
a consulting
firm that provides market reports for all types of beverages. The data
they provide is both global and national in scope. They provide Water
Market Reports
pertaining to bottled water (all reports must be purchased).